A daily journal from 76 years ago
147th day- 219 days follow Cloudy and light showers I saw a rabbit and a pair of quail on the cutting garden today. Worked all day in the cutting garden. Changed the water in the pool today. Well, tomorrow Mrs. H. has her Club to tea. I think the place looks fine. Thel went out …
148th day- 220 days follow Partly Cloudy Not so warm The women were up on the hill hanging the window curtains. John Finney’s men were up on the hill patching up the driveway. They had a little material left over and they fixed the bump in my drive entrance. The Frigidare leaked gas at noon …
145th day- 221 days follow (Arrowhead) Fair + Warmer Mrs. H. and the girls were on the hill to 2 P.M. when they left for Boston. Trimmed grass and transplanted today. Thel and Eleanor and Marie and Suzanne were up on the hill today. After supper Thel and I went up [to] Arthur Bubbins’s to …
144th day- 222 days follow Fair and Warmer This morning Thel and I went up to the Browne Site and gave it a look over. I found one fine long narrow point, very good, and one good sized piece of graphite. Thel found one point fair and some broken pieces. We went up to see …
143rd day- 233 days follow Cloudy Cool Rained hard all night, let up at sunrise. I saw a rare bird up on the hill this A.M. Saw Mr. H, Mrs. H, + Geo. Crowell up on the hill. Steve Treglawn was over looking at the garden this morning. Ski went riding up around the Town …
142nd day- 224 days follow Cloudy + Cold The women were up on the hill and practically finished up. Jubbie and I trimmed edges today. Thel and I came home for dinner. We took Ski to work. On the way home tonight Jubbie + I stopped at Mr. Dutton’s and took off the shutters for …
141st day- 225 days follow (Hummingbird) Cool some rain and Showers Went over to see Stephen Treglawn. Bud was up here this morning. Thel saw the Marsh hawk yesterday and the hummingbird today. Steve gave me some Heliotropes for the flower beds. Called up Mrs. Rich at noon and told her where I put her …
140th day- 226 days follow Partly cloudy. Warmer Worked on the seedling beds + lawns all day. The women worked today. Beauregard came up and fixed the lawn lights and put a new gadget on the furnace. On my way home tonight I stopped in to see Pic for a few minutes. She told me …
139th day- k227 days follow Showers and Warmer The women were up on the hill to work. Worked on the flower beds all day. Jubbie worked this afternoon. Victoria is still hanging on. Lots of rain showers, some thunder. Ski came up on the hill on Target this afternoon. I did a little shooting with …
138th day- 228 days follow Warmer + Showers Rained more or less all day. The women were up on the hill today. Lewis Fugazzi was up to take the measurements of the sun room shades. Beauregard came up to do some work on the furnace. There was a short circuit in the wiring. Had Jubbie …
